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Tomoyuki Yamashita

1885 - 1946

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Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文, Yamashita Tomoyuki; 8 November 1885 – 23 February 1946; also called Tomobumi Yamashita) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore. His conquest of Malaya and Singapore in 70 days earned him the sobriquet "The Tiger of Malaya" and led to the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill calling the ignominious fall of Singapore to Japan the "worst disaster" and "largest capitulation" in British military history. He was assigned to defend the Philippines from the advancing Allies later in the war. Although he was unable to prevent the superior Allied forces from advancing, despite dwindling supplies and Allied guerrilla action, he was able to hold on to part of Luzon until after the formal surrender of Japan in August 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tomoyuki Yamashita is the 261st most popular military personnel (up from 363rd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Japan (up from 157th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Tomoyuki Yamashita was a Japanese general who was in charge of the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. He is most famous for his involvement in the war and his occupation of the Philippines.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 261 out of 2,058. Before him are Bertrand du Guesclin, Amr ibn al-As, Erhard Milch, Hugh Dowding, J. D. Tippit, and Date Masamune. After him are Federico da Montefeltro, Eumenes, Pedro de Alvarado, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Karl-Otto Koch, and Charles V, Duke of Lorraine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 33. Before him are Chester W. Nimitz, Kato Svanidze, Sonia Delaunay, Yakov Sverdlov, George Minot, and Sabina Spielrein. After him are Karl Radek, Sinclair Lewis, Hermann Weyl, Alexander Löhr, Hugo Sperrle, and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. Among people deceased in 1946, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 35. Before him are Ananda Mahidol, Karl Hermann Frank, Andrey Vlasov, Kurt Daluege, László Moholy-Nagy, and Wilhelm Marx. After him are Empress Wanrong, Felix Hoffmann, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Milan Nedić, Helene Schjerfbeck, and Vojtech Tuka.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 99 out of 6,245. Before him are Junko Tabei (1939), Empress Go-Sakuramachi (1740), Date Masamune (1567), Makoto Kobayashi (1944), Tokugawa Hidetada (1579), and Kūkai (774). After him are Akira Suzuki (1930), Empress Meishō (1624), Himiko (175), Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Fumio Kishida (1957), and Kiichiro Toyoda (1894).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Tomoyuki Yamashita ranks 14. Before him are Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159), Tokugawa Yoshinobu (1837), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Ishida Mitsunari (1559), Toyotomi Hideyori (1593), and Date Masamune (1567). After him are Tadamichi Kuribayashi (1891), Tōgō Heihachirō (1848), Shunroku Hata (1879), Okita Sōji (1842), Iwane Matsui (1878), and Honda Tadakatsu (1548).

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